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Pakistan won the toss and chose to field in the first test against Sri Lanka at Galle Saturday.

Mysterious LTTE posters have appeared inside several IDP camps threatening the inhabitants and the S..

(Lanka-e-News 02.July.2009 4.30PM)The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) will today participate at the Development & Reconciliation Committee established and headed by President…

July 04, Colombo: Sri Lanka Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the petition filed by the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) against the rejection of its nominations for the Jaffna Municipal Council elections.

July 04, Colombo: The Chinese government said that it would work with Sri Lanka to promote the comprehensive and cooperative partnership to a new height.

The government has increased fuel prices with effect from midnight Wednesday (July 01).

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A father, mother and their 25-year-old daughter were chopped to death on Tuesday night in Poruwandan..

Our main news item yesterday (in the city and late city editions) must have shocked many. It reveale..

Rumors that China and Sri Lanka engaged in an arms deal during the southeast Asian country’s recent civil war was rejected by visiting Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama on Friday.

Lands in Kattaiparichchan village are being cleared to set up temporary structures to shelter displaced families from traditional Tamil villages of Kadatkaraichcheanai, Champoor, Koonitheivu and Soodaikuda in Moothoor east division which fall under the High Security Zone (HSZ) declared by the Government of Sri Lanka after the 2006 military operation.

Dominating the Indian Ocean, the shores of which are shared by 47 countries, has been the long-cherished dream of India ever since its independence. As China entering into a competition, the Indian Ocean is fast emerging as the new hotspot of Sino-Indian rivalry, says an article appeared Wednesday in Pakistan Observer. India’s security concerns as [...]

Sri Lanka face Pakistan in Galle in the first match of a three-Test series.

Hundreds of Australians have paid tribute to Dr Naguarebun “Ruban” Armugam, a Tamil paediatrician tragically killed last week in a tragic road accident in Australia on 22 June. The 32-year-old Paediatrician was commemorated Monday at a moving funeral as tributes from politicians, colleagues, former patients and members of the community marked a week of mourning.

Colombo: Four months after the Lahore terror attack, Sri Lanka and Pakistan will renew their Test rivalry when the first match of a three-match series gets under way at Galle Saturday but a knee injury means Lanka wizard Muttiah Muralidharan will miss what is expected to be an emotional return.

Wellington: New Zealand Cricket (NZC) have delayed naming their squad for next month’s tour of Sri Lanka because the itinerary is still to be ratified.

The Sri Lankan military has relocated nearly 5000 Tamil civilians from Vavuniyaa and Cheddiku’lam internment camps and resetteld them in pre dominant Sinhala village Tharmapuram in Anuradhapu on Tuesday and Wednesday, civil sources said. The SL military officials had told the Tamil civilians that they would be re-settled in their native villages in Ki’linochchi or Mullaiththeevu [...]

Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama, who is on an official visit to China, addressed a gathering of over 100 diplomats, leading think tanks, research organizations and media personnel at the prestigious Shanghai Institute for International Studies on ‘Post - Conflict Sri Lanka and the way forward’ on July 2.

The staff of the Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation has the prime responsibility of rebuilding public confidence in their institution and transforming it to be the giant in the field of insurance, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said.

Updating its travel advisory Wednesday, Britain warned its nationals “against all travel to the north and east of Sri Lanka, and to Yala National Park and the areas around it.” The new advisory was issued with an update on new surveillance measures at Bandaranayake International Airport related to A (H1N1) Swine Flu.

Despite assuring the international community that most Tamils interned in militarized detention camps would be resettled by the end 2009, the Sri Lankan government is turning Manik Farm, the largest barbed-wire ringed site, into a permanent detention centre, The Times newspaper reported Friday. Tamil refugees are being used as forced labour, UN sources told the [...]

GALLE, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - Sri Lanka face a selection dilemma over their wicketkeeper as they gear-up for a tough three-test series against Pakistan starting in Galle on Saturday.

Sri Lanka face a selection dilemma over their wicketkeeper as they gear-up for a tough three-test series against Pakistan starting in Galle on Saturday.

The British government has relaxed some travel restrictions on Sri Lanka. British High Commission Dr..

President Mahinda Rajapaksa wouldn t tolerate any dissent within his government to proposed devo..

The Supreme Court annulls an earlier order preventing probe into alleged criminal charges against Negombo police.

Colombo, July 3 : The British government has relaxed travel restrictions on its citizens visiting Sri Lanka nearly five weeks after Tamil separatist rebels were defeated to end a more then 30-year war in the South Asian country, the British high commission in Colombo said Friday.

Source: Reuters By Matthias Williams

NEW DELHI, July 3 (Reuters) - An Indian court ruling to decriminalise gay sex will boost the fight against AIDS, but a powerful stigma against homosexuality and uneven quality …

(RTTNews) - Britain has lifted travel restrictions imposed on its nationals in Sri Lanka at the height of the war between the Sri Lankan Army and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam (LTTE).

The Government today relaxed restrictions on travel to Britons wanting to visit Sri Lanka.

July 03, Colombo: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa was the chief guest at a ceremony held today to Old Anandians who immensely contributed to liberate the country from terrorism.

IMF says its executive board is yet to decide on approving a 1.9 billion dollar loan for Sri Lanka.

July 03, Colombo: Muttiah Muralitharan, the highest wicket taker in both Test and one-day matches is to miss the first Test match against visiting Pakistani team scheduled to begins tomorrow at Galle.

July 03, Colombo: Following the increase in diesel prices by the Sri Lanka government, the private bus owners today demanded a bus fare hike again

July 03, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Health Minister Nimal Siripala De Silva has decided to take the assistance of Sri Lanka Army nurses…

July 03, Horana: An unidentified person has killed the main suspect of the triple murder case in Horana that happened last Tuesday night.

Sri Lanka face a selection dilemma over their wicketkeeper as they gear-up for a tough three-Test series against Pakistan starting in Galle on Saturday. With regular wicketkeeper Prasanna Jayawardene out with a fractured finger, Sangakarra now faces the choice of captaining the side, batting at number three and also keeping wicket, an exhausting prospect in [...]

A grouping of eminent Tamil people pleas for refugees held in government camps to be given a timetable for their release.

A knee injury forces Sri Lanka spinner Muttiah Muralitharan out of Saturday’s first Test against Pakistan.

A knee injury forces Sri Lanka spinner Muttiah Muralitharan out of Saturday’s first Test against Pakistan.

UK says travel advice for UK travellers to Sri Lanka’s Yala, Trinco town, Arugam Bay has been relaxed due to improving security situation-JNW

Lahore, July 3: Pakistan all rounder Shahid Afridi has said that Sri Lanka Test series would be challenging for the players, as they would have to change gear from the Twenty20 format of the game to the five-day mode.

Colombo - The British government has relaxed travel restrictions on its citizens visiting Sri Lanka nearly five weeks after Tamil separatist rebels were defeated to end a more then 30-year war in the South Asian country, the British High Commission i…

New Zealand Cricket have delayed naming their squad for next month’s tour of Sri Lanka because the itinerary is still to be ratified. NZC had planned to announce their squad on Friday but will wait until next week when the fixtures are due to be confirmed, the New Zealand Press Association reported.

The number of ministers in the Cabinet of ruling party United Peoples
Freedom Alliance (UPFA) led by President Mahinda Rajapakse rose to one hundred and thirteen Thursday with the induction of two more ministers, Nandana Gunatilake and Piyasiri Wijenayake of the National Freedom Front (NFF), a splinter group of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP). NFF is [...]

The highway between Vavuniyaa and Horowopottana has been re-opened for public transport after several years of closure. Vavuniyaa Government Agent Ms. P. M. Charles said the route is now open for public transport including state and private sector bus services with effect from Wednesday, according to media sources.

July 3 (Bloomberg) — Hatton National Bank Ltd. , Sri Lanka’s second-biggest non-state lender by assets, plans to add branches and finance rebuilding in the island’s north and east following an end to three decades of civil war.

Sri Lankan government officials are running a prostitution racket using Tamil women interned in at least one of the militarised camps for displaced people, The Australian newspaper reported Thursday. “It’s been brought to the attention of senior government officials but no one seems to be doing anything about it,” an aid worker, who requested anonymity [...]

The government should implement certain Court orders regarding private bus transport within this month, says the Lanka Private Bus Operators’ Association (LPBOA) while giving an assurance that bus fares will not be increased till August 01.

The Supreme Court today (July 03) dismissed the petition filed by the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) against the rejection of its nominations for the Jaffna Municipal Council elections.

BEIJING — China would work with Sri Lanka to promote the comprehensive and cooperative partnership to a new height, said Vice Premier Li Keqiang here on Friday.

Muttiah Muralitharan has been ruled out of the first Test against Pakistan in Galle starting on Saturday due to a minor knee injury. The offspinner hurt his patella tendon while training on the eve of the game and has been advised rest. The selectors have called up left-arm spinner Rangana Herath and offspinner Suraj Mohamed [...]

Sri Lanka face a selection dilemma over their wicketkeeper as they gear-up for a tough three-Test series against Pakistan starting in Galle on Saturday. With regular wicketkeeper Prasanna Jayawardene out with a fractured finger, Sangakarra now faces the choice of captaining the side, batting at number three and also keeping wicket, an exhausting prospect in [...]

A delegation from India plans to visit the Internally Displaced Persons in the North on an invitation from the Sri Lanka government, sources from the Ministry of Youth Empowerment and Socio Economic Development said yesterday.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa will attend the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit which is to be held in Egypt next week, government sources said.

New Zealand Cricket (NZC) has delayed the naming of their squad to tour Sri Lanka next month until the tour and itinerary is rubberstamped

Govt will start a new rehabilitation center for disabled soldiers in Attidiya, Colombo in a three acre land-DG MCNS L Hulugalla-JNW

GALLE, Sri Lanka (AFP) - Pakistan and Sri Lanka make an emotional return to Test cricket on Saturday, almost four months to the day after a militant attack halted their last contest.

Dubai, July 2 : Following victory over Sri Lanka in the final of the ICC World Twenty20 2009 at Lord’s last month, Pakistan aims to carry that momentum into the three-Test series against Sri Lanka starting at Galle on Saturday as it targets fourth place in the Reliance Mobile ICC Test Championship table.

Murali won’t play in 1st Test against Pakistan starting Saturday in Galle due to minor injury; Rangana Herath or Suraj Randeer to replace-SLC-JNW